Back from Hokkaido trip

Before the trip, I struggled which lens to bring to the trip. Finally, I decided on DA14, DA21, FA43, FA77 and F70-200. I only used the tele zoom in a few shots, so almost all photos were shot by the prime lens. They are great!! Since the 3 limited lens are very small and handy, I don't feel any extra burden to carry the 4-primes around (yes, I just leave the zoom on the car if I don't feel it necessary).

The trip was with my family and friends, and none of them like photography. So my travel-mates tends to move very very quick, leaving not much time for me to take photos. Complicated with teh bad weather :( :( :( .... I just left my tripod on car and put the camera in P mode. BIG MISTAKE!! The camera will tends to select f/5.6 on those limited lens and the DPF is not quite enough for scenery shots. I really shot leave the camera to AV mode so I will be forced to notice the aperture setting.

While I set the camera to JPEG, I toggled to RAW+ format when I feel needed. However, I didn't notice the RAW+ will be cancelled everytime after the shot, and it created some additional troubles. Yes, I know now there is a setting in the camera to leave the RAW+ format until I cancel it by pressing the RAW button again; but it's a bit late.

I am still selecting the photos, so just post 2 kid shots with my DA21. Very good lens indeed.




Just back from a 8-day trip to Hokkaido.